Madison

Public Safety Review Committee figuring out its role, prohibiting personal delivery devices on city sidewalks, borrowing $65M for MG&E, AirBnb ordinance and more.

PFAS, digital inclusion, f-35s, eviction clinic closed this week, youth homeless county, upcoming demolitions, snow plow updates and more!

At the Common Council Executive Committee meeting council members discussed what to do with the report on changes to our government structure.  Here's what they had to say.

I was really hoping someone would ask questions at the finance committee Monday night, but they didn't.  Perhaps they have memos and info the public can't see?

Plan Commission was 6 hours Monday night, here's the small portion where they got a report on 2019 City of Madison Planning activities.

Moving formerly confidential staff into the same job classifications as other staff now that there is no collective bargaining, workplans required in department and division head contracts and stormwater rates increasing 13%, not 10% as passed in the budget and how they will prioritize stormwater/flooding projects.

Dane County will get the latest design plans for the new jail. The city of Madison considers hiring new department heads and a lot of new housing units. And the Madison school board meets in closed session again, this time to discuss expected litigation.

Lots of meetings with staff, meetings with the YWCA and Catholic Charities.  Meeting with Joe Parisi (County Executive). A couple transportation meetings plus parks, engineering, public health, senior center, community development and more.  Oh, and don't forget Terrace Town!

On Friday the City released a new Oscar Mayer Development Plan and they will be holding a public meeting on Thursday, January 30th at 6pm. (910 Oscar at OM Station)

If you live in one of those areas where parking is restricted on one side of the street for a couple hours every week - you've been warned.  While they sporadically ticket, and they hardly ever tow, that will not be the case this week!

Here's what the County Attorney had to say to the Lakes and Watershed Commission last Thursday.  They have complied with all the DNR requests.  But can they do more?

Don't eat fish from Lake Monona or Starkweather Creek more than once a month, bluegills can be eaten once a week.  See what else the public health department has to say!